'West Side Story' and 'Power of the Dog' lead an inert, online-only Golden Globes

What a strange time to be alive. Awards season is on-ish, but because of the Omicron variant and backlash about the HFPA's lack of diversity, the Golden Globes, a.k.a. the show that usually kicks off the glitzy, trophy-fuelled chain of events, looked very different this year.

Only members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and some recipients of recent charitable grants were in attendance at the show's traditional Beverly Hills stomping ground, after NBC pulled the plug on an actual broadcast following an LA Times exposé that revealed the HFPA’s "culture of corruption" and penchant for accepting freebies in exchange for votes.

So no celebrities, no TV cameras and no live-streaming. In fact, the only evidence anything was going down at all was the Globes' official Twitter account and website providing winner updates.

So how did that work out? Well, much like when the nominees were announced on December 13, things got awkward. In fact many who were following along couldn't help but poke fun at the utter lack of spectacle.

One of the problems of sharing the names of winners via social media is that not everyone has social media. Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook, who each won acting kudos for Succession, as well as Squid Game's O Yeong-su, best screenplay winner Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), and Mare of Easttown star Kate Winslet aren't on Twitter, so they weren’t tagged. Jason Sudeikis, who won for Ted Lasso, technially does have a Twitter account but he has zero tweets to-date. So, you can see the issue.

Will Smith, Andrew Garfield, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nicole Kidman and Jean Smart were all also silent following their wins, setting a pretty undeniable trend for the evening, though a history-making Michaela Jaé Rodriguez did take to her Instagram to celebrate her big win.

Hours after her win was announced on Twitter, Ariana DeBose acknowledged that though "there is still work to be done", her Globe for Best Supporting Actress in West Side Story was "special." 

Not even the winning networks and streaming services participated by retweeting or celebrating their big “wins,” opting to all but ignore the ceremony in its entirety.

It’s not surprising, given that many publicists refused to include HFPA members in their award consideration campaigns this year, with many of them reportedly even skipping sending screeners to the members. That didn’t mean there was no online chatter about the Globes on Sunday night though. Twitter was lit up with people who wondered why the announcements were so unevenly paced, and who was actually behind the tweets given some of the questionable copy.

At least a few celebs did give the Globes a bit of TLC, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold Schwarzenegger appearing in pre-recorded videos highlighting the HFPA's year-round philanthropic efforts, which felt more like a corrective PSA than anything else.

West Side Story star Rachel Zegler was amongst the few celebs who commented on the Globes (she won for Best Actress, Musical/Comedy), but in the most “tell us you won a Globe without telling us you won a Globe way”—with a picture of *Oscar* Isaac—before tweeting about her casting and eventual win, saying "life is very strange."

Check out the complete list of winners from the 79th Golden Globes (in bold) below.

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Belfast
Coda
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Cyrano
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Tick, Tick … Boom!
West Side Story

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Marion Cotillard, Annette
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look Up
Emma Stone, Cruella
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick … Boom!
Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Anthony Ramos, In the Heights

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Encanto
Flee
Luca
My Sunny Maad
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language (Formerly Foreign Language)
Compartment No. 6 (Finland / Russia / Germany)
Drive My Car (Japan)
The Hand of God (Italy)
A Hero (France / Iran)
Parallel Mothers (Spain)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best Director – Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve, Dune

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up
Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch
Germaine Franco, Encanto
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers
Hans Zimmer, Dune

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Be Alive” — King Richard
Music by Dixson, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter; Lyrics by: Dixson, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
“Dos Oruguitas” — Encanto
Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down to Joy” — Belfast
Music by Van Morrison; Lyrics by Van Morrison
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” — Respect
Music by Carole King, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Hartman; Lyrics by Carole King, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Hartman
“No Time to Die” — No Time to Die
Music by Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell; Lyrics by Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell

Best Television Series – Drama
Lupin
The Morning Show
Pose
Squid Game
Succession

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Uzo Aduba, In Treatment
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Christine Baranski, The Good Fight
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Pose

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Brian Cox, Succession
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Billy Porter, Pose
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Omar Sy, Lupin

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Great
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Reservation Dogs
Ted Lasso

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Elle Fanning, The Great
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Jean Smart, Hacks

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Dopesick
Impeachment: American Crime Story
Maid
Mare of Easttown
The Underground Railroad

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Chastain, Scenes From a Marriage
Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha
Elizabeth Olsen, WandaVision
Margaret Qualley, Maid
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Paul Bettany, WandaVision
Oscar Isaac, Scenes From a Marriage
Michael Keaton, Dopesick
Ewan McGregor, Halston
Tahar Rahim, The Serpent

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role on Television
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick
Andie Macdowell, Maid
Sarah Snook, Succession
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
O Yeong-su, Squid Game

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